# Copy Cover and paste into Windows 8.1? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 15, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348 "2018-07-15T13:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automanic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/1 "2018-07-15T13:04:53Z")
Just wondering if this is possible or if it can be made possible? Within mp3tag I can copy the cover, but every so often I would like to copy the cover using Windows's clipboard. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/2 "2018-07-15T13:13:12Z")
If you right-click on the cover in the tag panel of Mp3tag you can see something like > Cover in Zwischenablage kopieren or > Copy Cover You can then use the content of the clipboard in every other program like "MS Paint" or whatever you like to use. It also works the other way: If you copy a cover to the clipboard from outside of Mp3tag, you can use > Cover aus Zwischenablage einfügen or > Paste cover with a right-click on the cover place holder inside the Mp3tag tag panel. ---
**Author:** ![Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automanic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/3 "2018-07-15T13:20:30Z")
When I copy cover in mp3tag and go to paste it in Windows, 'paste' in Windows is greyed out? ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/4 "2018-07-15T13:21:16Z")
Where exactly "in Windows"? In the File Explorer (yellow folder icon)? Is it greyed out also in MS Paint or any other graphics program? ---
**Author:** ![Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automanic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/5 "2018-07-15T13:26:23Z")
Yes, the yellow folder icon. I have an external hdd connected with my music (in Flac) which I use mp3tag to sort the metadata. I would also like to add the cover to the folder that has all the tracks of the album (the same cover which I have added to each track using mp3tag). ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/6 "2018-07-15T13:30:34Z")
2 ways: a) Manually: [Drag & Drop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop#Actions) the cover from Mp3tag to your folder (not copy & paste) b) Semi-Automatic: Create an action with action type "Export Cover to file" as command: > **[Export Cover to File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/export-cover/)** > > Documentation on the Export Cover action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. Example: [Covers export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/covers-export/10227) ---
**Author:** ![Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Automanic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automanic)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/7 "2018-07-15T13:32:52Z")
Drag and Drop worked. Why didn't I think of that in the first place? Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-cover-and-paste-into-windows-8-1/42348/8 "2026-02-09T12:27:32Z")